touching vs tactual exploration

tactual exploration vs touching

touching and tactual exploration both are nouns.

touching is an adjective but tactual exploration is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
touching	Yes	Yes	No	No
tactual exploration	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tactual exploration is a hyponym of touching; that is, tactual exploration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than touching:

touching: the act of putting two things together with no space between them
tactual exploration: a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)

Other hyponyms of touching include contact, physical contact, dab, pat, tap, hit, hitting, striking, dig, jab, kiss, buss, kiss, osculation, catch, grab, snap, snatch, handling, manipulation, fingering, grope, palpation, tickle, tickling, titillation, stroke, stroking, tag, lap, lick, grazing, shaving, skimming.

touching (noun)	tactual exploration (noun)
the act of putting two things together with no space between them	a method of examination in which the examiner feels the size or shape or firmness or location of something (of body parts when the examiner is a health professional)
the event of something coming in contact with the body

touching (adjective)	tactual exploration (adjective)
arousing affect

Difference between touching and tactual exploration

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